Beautiful Fall Day Today; Some Light Rain Returns Saturday
LOOKING GOOD: Cool, dry air covers Alabama this morning, and we expect a very nice autumn day with ample sunshine and a high in the low 70s this afternoon. Tonight will be fair and cool; we drop into the mid to upper 50s early tomorrow morning.
TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: We start the day tomorrow with some sun, but clouds increase by afternoon ahead of the next wave to the west…. the high will be in the mid 70s. We will forecast periods of light rain across North and Central Alabama late tomorrow night into Saturday; looks like the main window for rain comes from about midnight tomorrow night through 3:00 p.m. Saturday. Moisture will be limited, and rain amounts will be light, generally under a quarter of an inch. Otherwise, Saturday will be cloudy and cool with a high in the mid 60s. The sky clears Saturday night, and the sun returns in full force Sunday. We start the day early Sunday with temperatures in the low 40s… then we rise into the mid 60s Sunday afternoon.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: For the high school games tomorrow night, the sky will be cloudy with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s.
On Saturday, Auburn visits Oxford to the on the Ole Miss Rebels (11a CT kickoff)… just a small risk of a shower early in the game, otherwise a clearing sky is expected. Temperatures will rise from near 60 at kickoff, into the mid 60s by the final whistle.
Alabama heads to Knoxville to take on Tennessee (2:30p CT kickoff)… a small risk of a little light rain early in the day, otherwise mostly cloudy and cool. The kickoff temperature will be near 62 degrees… falling into the 50s by the fourth quarter.
Saturday is homecoming day for UAB; the Blazers take on North Texas at Legion Field (6:30p CT kickoff).. we expect a clearing sky over Birmingham with temperatures falling from the low 60s at kickoff into the 50s by halftime.
NEXT WEEK: Monday morning should be the coolest morning so far this season; we project lows in the 38-43 degree range for most communities; colder spots across North Alabama could see a touch of light frost. Then, we stay dry through Wednesday… next chance of rain comes Thursday and Thursday night. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPICS: All is quiet across the Atlantic basin, and tropical storm formation is not expected through the weekend.
ON THIS DATE IN 2005: Wilma became a hurricane over the Caribbean; it could go on to become a category five hurricane within 24 hours with winds of 185 mph. Wilma made several landfalls, with the most destructive effects felt in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, Cuba, and Florida. At least 62 deaths were reported and damage totaled to $27.4 billion, of which $19 billion occurred in the United States.After Wilma, no other major hurricane made landfall in the contiguous United States until Hurricane Harvey made landfall in southern Texas on August 26, 2017, ending a record period of 11 years 10 months.
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